Zamzam Ibrahim

I’m a Black, Muslim, Somali woman shaped by the legacies of migration, resistance, and climate injustice. As the daughter of Somali refugees, I’ve witnessed how systems fail those already carrying the weight of colonialism, conflict, and environmental breakdown. That’s what drives my work.

I co-founded Students Organising for Sustainability and helped launch the Climate Education Bill to fight for justice in classrooms across the UK. I’ve chaired national and European student unions, led global youth delegations to COP, and built Somalis for Sustainability as a platform for diaspora-led climate action.

I now chair the Muslim Leadership Foundation and advise the UN’s Green Jobs Pact. I’m also pursuing a master’s in migration, because climate displacement is real, and justice must cross borders.